Wearable tech measures officer stress in ground-breaking police welfare pilot

4th October 2022Keith Potter, Editor, Policing Insight 1 Comment

The latest cohort of recruits to Merseyside Police will be wearing wrist bands that monitor their stress and strain levels as well as sleep patterns, as part of a six-month pilot project focusing on police welfare; Dr Carol Cox, Head of Policing at Liverpool John Moores University, is leading the research team, and spoke to Policing Insight’s Keith Potter about the aims of the pilot, overcoming the associated challenges, and the potential of wearable technology going forwards.

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Wearable tech measures officer stress in ground-breaking police welfare pilot

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